Unsafe at any speed....
Here's some background. Bought the RV new in 2006. It's a 294RLS Cougar tow behind 30'. The factory tires were TOWMAX ST, 225/75R15. The factory tires lasted for three years, then I changed out the ...
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Bull Rider wrote:
Something is really wrong when a tire can just explode while on the spare tire holder. Something is wrong when four Hercules tires all fail at the same approximate time, and they all show the same or similar defects. These substandard tires are dangerous and I wish there was an agency that would investigate why these crappy tires are failing.
I had a spare explode in the bed of my truck.
It sounded like a bomb went off, and people came running out of the industrial park to see what had happened.
It was in the bed of my truck because three other tires had delaminated within two trips, so I was taking them all to the tire shop for replacements. (I had a full set of spares on the RV)
Never again will I run ST tires.
They fail like clockwork.
And the fact that I had a full set of spares on-hand reinforces my opinion. What other vehicles/tires do any of us own, that we have so little confidence in, we carry a complete set of spares?
